Tina and Amanda

Tina Louise is a popular American writer, singer and actress well known for her character Ginger Grant in the 1960s television show Gilligan's Island. Her Two's Company musical was the first show she performed in for her first stage appearance. In 1956, she had her breakthrough with a performance on Broadway in Li'l Abner's musical. In 1957, she launched her first album of music called It's time for Tina. Her debut appearance into Hollywood was as Griselda on God's Little Acre, a 1958 film. The film was met with wide applause. Louise won the Golden Globe Award for the New Star of the year category. In the years prior to this she was a student at the Actors Studio of New York. Lee Strasberg was her tutor. Her most memorable performance came through in 1964 when she was signed by CBS to play Ginger Grant in 1964. Louise kept juggling her career with ease between Broadway as well as Hollywood playing somber characters opposed to her image as an attractive model. Amanda Tapping..........................Amanda Tapping is best known for her acting roles as Samantha Carter in the series Stargate. SG-1 as well as Helen Magnus, but in the last few years she's made a name as a producer on a variety of famous TV shows, including Supernatural. Her birth date was the 28th of August, 1965, in Essex. As a young girl, three, her family relocated her to Toronto which is where she spent the majority of in the city for her entire childhood. Then she settled in Vancouver following her selection to play Samantha Carter.